Robbyn Swan has co-authored three bestselling books. Her most recent book, The Eleventh Day: The Full Story of 9/11 & Osama bin Laden, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for History and won the prestigious Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction. Published in summer 2011 to mark the tenth anniversary of the event, it is a full-scale investigation of the al Qaeda attacks on New York and Washington.
The Arrogance of Power, a biography of former President Richard Nixon, appeared in 2000, and Sinatra: The Life in 2005.
Swan contributes to Vanity Fair and has written for The Daily Telegraph, Salon, The Observer, The Daily Beast, MSNBC, The Irish Times, The Sunday Independent [Ireland], the London Independent, Defense News, and The National Journal. Her work has also appeared in Life, Marie Claire, Easy Living, and Woman’s Day. Swan has been a consultant on documentaries for the BBC, American Public Broadcasting, A&E, The History Channel, and CNN.
Swan spent five years running a shelter in Washington, D.C. for mentally ill homeless women, part of a unique project to create housing for the long-term homeless.
Swan is a graduate of Smith College and did post-graduate work in Russian and East European Studies.
Swan is married to author Anthony Summers, lives in Ireland and has three children.
Swan can be found on the web at www.robbynswan.com, on her blog at www.anthonysummersandrobbynswan.wordpress.com or on Twitter at the hashtag: @robbynswan
What the critics say about:
The Eleventh Day
"Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan have produced, if not the definitive, then certainly the best available general account of 9/11 - soberly written, judiciously weighed, meticulously sourced....
The Sunday Times [London]
"Meticulous...comprehensive and fair...Anthony Summers and Robbyn Swan have produced an extraordinary synthesis of what is known about the 9/11 attacks."
John Farmer, 9/11 Commission senior counsel
& former Attorney General of New Jersey
“The Eleventh Day is a game-changer. It is the new definitive timeline for 9/11, a superb and detailed extension of the work of the 9/11 Commission and Congress’ Joint Inquiry. Anthony Summers’ and Robbyn Swan’s research and reporting is peerless in its depth, breadth and accuracy.”
Miles Kara, Professional Staff,
Congress’ Joint Inquiry & 9/11 Commission
“Stunning...Retells the events with unbridled drama…A broad-shouldered look at the deceit, destruction, and disaster that followed….”
Boston Globe
The Arrogance of Power
“Summers and Swan have done an enormous service”
New York Times Book Review
“Devastating …no-one interested in history, politics, government or the American presidency should ignore it”
Chicago Tribune
“...this book is a brilliant, documented mirror of our culture...”
Roger Morris, winner of the National Book Award
Sinatra: The Life
“Dense and intimate….first-rate reporting…”
People magazine
“Riveting, surprising, this book illuminates the gifted, complicated Sinatra”
Book-of-the-Month-Club
“a truthful, detailed, balanced biography…Sinatra: The Life will remain definitive for years to come.”
Dallas Morning News
“sterling work….”
Sunday Times [London]
